Lock server settings

[Tersoth]

Is there anyway to lock the server setting from being changed when an admin logs in?

I am running into an issue with sever settings auto changing when an admin logs in. I have some server settings that are outside the normal slider. Like my “itemspoilratescale” I have set to 0.00. So nothing ever spoils.

However right when I log in as adim, it changes all the sever setting that are outside the normal values to a value inside the slider range. Everything works fine until then.

I have tried making the seversettings.ini file read only, but it still change the settings (in game not in the setting file) when an admin logs in. I don’t have to do anything but log in as admin and it instantly changes. Which I do not even understand. If i have locked the seversettings.ini file were is the game getting these other setting from. How is the game bypassing that file when an admin logs in? Is there another file I have to lock or change to stop that?

I can not figure out a way to stop this from happening. I am running my server on the same system the game runs from. I have tried changing and locking all the settings where the game runs from and still cant stop the game from changing my serversettings.ini.

[Tersoth]

Found a fix for the issue.

Once you become admin, open up the console and the use the command setserversetting “■■■” " ■■■" command to change the values that becoming an admin changed.

as an example - setserversetting itemspoilratescale 0.0

This seems to need to be done each time you would become admin but at least its an option.

[droch-aon]

if you’re on PC
Back up your game.db
start a new game set the server setting before you create a character, then make a character and make the character admin.

restore the original game.db you should now have the settings you want all the time.

disclaimer: I haven’t needed to do this in a very long time, it may or may not still work.
It’s up to you to decide if it’s worth trying.